4)Who/what were the major figures, actions, successes, and set backs in the fight for equality for your group?
Rosa Parks, Dr. King, Harriet Tubman, etc.
Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v Sandford (1857) ruled that Congress lacked the power to prohibit slavery in its territories. Missouri Compromise of 1820 permitted slavery in Missouri but prohibited slavery north of 36°30'
In the landmark Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court reverses Plessy v. Ferguson, declaring that "separate but equal" public education is unconstitutional
As a group you will answer these 4 questions:
4)Who/what were the major figures, actions, successes, and set backs in the fight for equality for your group?
Rosa Parks, Dr. King, Harriet Tubman, etc.
Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v Sandford (1857) ruled that Congress lacked the power to prohibit slavery in its territories.
Missouri Compromise of 1820 permitted slavery in Missouri but prohibited slavery north of
36°30'
In the landmark Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court reverses Plessy v. Ferguson, declaring that "separate but equal" public education is unconstitutional
Cite Your Sources:
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/thirteenthamendment.html
http://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/timeline/p_4.html